O my soul, bless your Creator

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1 O my soul, bless your Creator;
all within me bless God's name;
Bless your Maker, and forget not
all God's mercies to proclaim.

2 God forgives all your transgressions,
all who suffer, gently heals;
God redeems you from destruction,
and with you so kindly deals.

3 Far as east from west is distant,
God has put away our sin;
like a mother and a father,
God compassionate has been.

4 As it was without beginning,
so it lasts without an end;
to their children's children ever
shall God's righteousness extend:

5 Unto all who keep God's cov'nant
and are steadfast in God's way;
unto all who still remember
God's commandments and obey.

Source: Community of Christ Sings #220

Author: Anonymous

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First Line: O my soul, bless your Creator
Author: Anonymous
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Source: United Presbyterian Book of Psalms, 1871, alt.
Place of Origin: United States
Language: English
Copyright: Words reprinted from "THE PRESBYTERIAN HYMNAL," © 1990 Westminster/John Knox Press. Alt.

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STUTTGART was included in Psalmodia Sacra (1715), one of the most significant hymnals of the early sixteenth century [sic: eighteenth century]. Christian F. Witt (b. Altenburg, Germany, e. 1660; d. Altenburg, 1716) was an editor and compiler of that collection; about 100 (of the 774) tunes in that c…

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